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Shared Interest Group Announcements

Helping Hands 2.0, continued Neighborhood Watch, continued
At our Steering Committee Meeting on Dec. 14, we will be deciding
which charities will be receiving a donation from us. We usually choose of the information.
4-5 local charities and give them anywhere from $300-$500 each, My new email address:
depending how much we earned throughout the year. Here’s hoping our Mia Winter's email address nwcoordinator2156@gmail.com will be
Bake Sale and Hot Dog Lunch is hugely successful, and that combined replaced with wintersummer4me@gmail.com
with our over-the-top Chili Booth success, we will be able to make some Mia Winter, Director, Neighborhood Watch Team
significant donations. Orchid Group
We have been sending out lots of cards lately, mostly due to Covid
infections. As many of you know, when notified, Helping Hands sends The orchid group is for anyone who is interested in orchids or would like
cards to those residents of The Club who are ill, had surgery, been to know more about orchids and their care. Every other month we get
hospitalized, or experienced a death in the family. These cards are together and discuss various topics related to the care of orchids, varieties
lovingly hand made by several of our residents. PLEASE EMAIL and types of orchids and other things related to orchids. We occasionally
rbevmumm@gmail.com so we can send a card which will be so have sessions where we let everyone repot an orchid and take it home.
appreciated by the recipient. We also have a raffle at each meeting where someone (or multiple
WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON! people) takes home a new orchid. So if you have an interest in orchids or
Line Dancing would just like to learn more about these wonderful plants, please join us
at one of our meetings.
Join us in the Wellness Room on Fridays at 12:00 noon for Pinochle
an hour of fun, laughter and a lot of dancing. Note: We will
not be dancing on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov. 25th).
Happy "Turkey Day" (with leftovers) to everyone! Line Dancing will COME PLAY PINOCHLE EVERY SATURDAY @ 10AM TO NOON
resume on Dec. 2nd for a guaranteed calorie burn. AT THE CLUB
Questions about our group? Contact: tricia.mccandless5@gmail.com Every Saturday 10 to 15 players are at the Club to play lively games of
PINOCHLE. We play Three handed and Partner single deck Pinochle
Mah Jongg 10am to noon. If you are rusty and have not played in a while the group
will help you come back up to speed. Win or lose we are here to have a
MAH JONGG IS PLAYED ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 1-4 good time. If you are interested in playing Pinochle drop in or call Alan
P.M. AT THE CLUB. Uman. Any questions e-mail Alan at adu65@aol.com or call (916)872-
Mah Jongg is a game of skill and luck played with tiles and a card with 8984.
set hands with three to four people per table. We play the American Ping Pong (Table Tennis) Group
version on the current 2022 card which is ordered from the National Mah
Jongg League. The Ping Pong Group is a great way to get in a little exercise and have
Come and join us! It's a fun afternoon of playing with and meeting and fun while doing it. We have two tables and play singles and doubles. All
making new friends. Experienced and beginning players are welcome. levels of players are welcome.
We can help you learn. Please contact Diana Bixby at Days and Times:
dbixby5275@gmail.com or call 510 390-2543. Friday 2-4pm
Saturday 2-4pm
Mexican Train (Dominos) Sunday 2-4pm
Please join us for Mexican Train (dominos) on Friday nights at 6:00pm! Tuesday 2-4pm (if Wellness room is available).
If you don’t know how to play, we’d be happy to teach you. Everyone is Just drop in, or email Francis Chang at fcbiz888@aol.com to be added to
welcome to play - singles and couples. Contact Laura Wilson at (925) our email list.
325-7953 if you have any questions.
Poker Club
Neighborhood Watch
Both men and women. We play different games, dealer choice, we start
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH IN 2023 at 6pm to 9pm every Wednesday.
Going forward, Neighborhood Watch block captains will Any questions call Phil Lander (916) 872-8060
work independently yet collectively as follows: Shutterbugs
* Individual block captains will notify their neighbors on the status of the
program on their street(s). DECEMBER 1st SHUTTERBUGS MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
* Not all of the streets in our community have block captains. PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL INVITE TO GET YOUR FAMILY
* A list of the active block captains will be included towards the back of HOLIDAY PHOTOS TAKEN BY THE SHUTTERBUGS.
the 2023 Resident Directory. The Shutterbugs’ next meeting will be IN PERSON AT OUR USUAL
* Block captains will notify each other of incidents that occur on their TIME OF 2PM. on Thursday, December 1st. We will be sharing
street if a police report has been filed and the facts have been vetted. November field trip photos to the Mandarin Festival in Auburn as well as
* If a police report hasn't been filed, but the situation warrants Holiday and family photos. Our skills topic for this meeting will be
notification, block captains may consider notifying other block captains “How to Take Holiday Family Photos” with presentations by Lou Frank
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